Leena Lehtolainen shines in Scandinavia!

Posted on 14.09.201211.08.2016

We are so excited to share the news about Leena Lehtolainen’s big success in Scandinavia. Last week Leena Lehtolainen visited Sweden in order to promote her latest Maria Kallio book Where Have All the Young Girls Gone? (Minne tytöt kadonneet, Tammi 2010) which has been published by Bazar in Sweden, Denmark and Norway in Fall 2012.

This 11^th installment in the Maria Kallio series is an engrossing exploration of the collision between tradition and the new multicultural Europe. The book takes Maria Kallio onto a journey to a world where daily life is defined by ancient beliefs and deeply ingrained, habitual perceptions.

Swedish readers, bloggers and critics fell in love with Var Är Alla Flickor Nu? and are waiting impatiently for more titles. Bazar Förlag is Lehtolainen’s new Swedish publisher, while this is already the 6^th title by Leena Lehtolainen published in Swedish. During her visit to Sweden, Lehtolainen gave interviews to several major newspapers, such as Dagens Nyheter, which praises the book as a captivating and entertaining one in its review. Leena Lehtolainen also met with readers such as the popular blogger of Läsa&Lyssna. Please check the following YouTube link for an interview with Leena Lehtolainen (in Swedish): Leena Lehtolainen interview

Please contact the Agency for full English texts of Maria Kallio books 1, 2 and 11!

About author

Leena Lehtolainen

Leena Lehtolainen is the top female crime author in Finland: her new titles always head straight to #1 on the Finnish bestseller lists.

Lehtolainen created her successful protagonist, detective Maria Kallio, in 1993. Having already featured in 16 novels and a complete TV series, a new Maria Kallio TV reboot series was launched in Fall 2021 on C More. Lehtolainen’s novels have been translated into 30 languages and have sold over 2.5 million copies worldwide.

And just like the events in Bodyguard, a that takes the heroine Hilja Ilveskero all around Europe, Lehtolainen’s own work takes her to book festivals, exhibitions and other events across the globe.

Leena Lehtolainen has also published outside the crime genre; her book The Charm of Figure Skating was voted sports book of the year 2010 in Finland, and A Life in Six Scenes showed her return to literary fiction.

The Crossing of the Green Dragon is her first title for YA audiences.

In her free time, Lehtolainen enjoys all kinds of music and follows lynx trails in the forests – just like Maria Kallio.

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About author

Leena Lehtolainen

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